Social Work Leadership: Grand Challenges for Black Women

Rodgers, Selena T.; Lopez-Humphreys, Mayra

doi:10.1093/sw/swaa041

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“…For example, Rodgers and Lopez-Humphreys (2020) argue that "Black women in social work leadership-administrators, directors, managers, and beyondexist at the margins and occupy spaces of unseen microaggressions or, as posited by Collins (1986), 'outsider-within' positions''" (Rodgers & Lopez-Humphreys, 2020, p. 398). The unique positionality of Black women places them within an oppressive system that reinforces harsh work environments in ways that are detrimental to Black women's overall well-being and self-care (Rodgers & Lopez-Humphreys, 2020). Rodgers and Lopez-Humphreys' (2020) analysis reveals that despite their significant contributions to the field of social work, Black women experience intersecting forms of racism, sexism and class prejudice that limit their access to professional status and social mobility.…”

Section: Black Feminist Thoughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expanding the Frameworks for Decolonial Social Work Practice: A Case Study of Black Canadian Experiences

Aladejebi

2024

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<p>This research focused on decolonial healing approaches that promote health and wellness amongst Black Canadians. This research will situate the connection between anti-Black racism and well-being/mental health of Black Canadians, by highlighting the impact of racial trauma and how that is linked to the lack of access to adequate health and wellness services. This study offers strategies and possibilities for Black communities to heal and thrive as individuals and as a collective. Using a narrative case study approach that focuses on one Black Canadian wellness program/space in Toronto, Ontario; in-depth interviews with the creator of the program and a participant of the program were conducted. This research highlights opportunity gaps for equitable spaces and services, to promote advocacy for services that align with our values, ways of life and experiences. Secondly, it expanded on frameworks for engaging in decolonial and Afrocentric social work.</p>

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Section: Black Feminist Thoughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expanding the Frameworks for Decolonial Social Work Practice: A Case Study of Black Canadian Experiences

Aladejebi

2024

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“…The PI's lens was heightened by her own positionality. The PI acknowledges her race, gender, and social class identities-Black, cisgender woman, heterosexual, educated, middle class, and immersed in advocating against White supremacy in the academy, scholarship, governance, union, and public spaces-which intersect with structurally and socially constructed focal points (Collins, 2000;Rodgers, 2017;Rodgers & Lopez-Humphreys, 2020) of participants in the current study. The PI kept a journal to be cautious of her voice aligning with participant narratives.…”

Section: Reflexivity In Interpreting Research Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Next Wave of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Survivors

Rodgers

2021

ASW

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This study seeks to deepen our understanding of the survival adaptive behaviors, particularly features of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), identified by Black women professionals who exist at the margins in academia and society. To date, exploration of posttraumatic growth has not been researched concomitantly with PTSS. By examining these variables collectively, this study’s model provides an original contribution to a growing but insufficient literature on Black women professionals who endure institutional racism. Using the Listening Guide, this study presents data from seven (7) Black women professionals in higher education. The study finds interviewees adopt Angry Black Women and Strong Black Woman schema, and PTSS features as a survival strategy stemming from gender discrimination rooted in proximity to Whiteness and habitual attacks on their professional acumen. Congruently, learnings revealed (1) Identity and Positionality, (2) Generational [In]visibility, (3), Professional Rage Located, and (4) Voices of PPTTG—Prayers, People, Trials, Tribulations and God. Dismantling White Supremacy must center Black women's survival herstories and healing at the intersection of anti-Black racism and hidden systematic policies. Practice models that nuance PTSS trauma-informed assessments, the addition of PTSS to the DSM, and widely accepted African-centered paradigms are essential for this wave of race work

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